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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Department of French

Syllabus for FDP

Additional Language

FRENCH

Additional Language FRENCH for BA/B.Sc.

Instructional

h/week

Credit ESE

duration

(h)

CE

%

ESE

%

Semester Paper Code Title of paper

1.

AUFR111.1

AUFR111.2

Communication Skills in

French

4 3 3 20 80

2.

AUFR211.1

AUFR 211.2

Translation and

Communication in

French

4 3 3 20 80

3.

AUFR 311.1

AUFR311.2

French Literature and

Interpretation

5 4 3 20 80

4.

AUFR411.1

AUFR411.2

French Culture and

Civilisation

5 4 3 20 80

Semester 1

Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4

Total Credits: 14 3 3 4 4

Additional Language FRENCH for B.Com

Instructional

h/week

Credit ESE

duration

(h)

CE

(%)

ESE

(%)


1. AUFR111.3 French for Commercial

Purposes-I

4 4 3 20 80

2. AUFR211.3 French for Commercial

Purposes-II

4 4 3 20 80

TOTAL CREDITS: 8

Additional Language FRENCH for Career Related Courses

(B.Sc. Bio-Technology & BVMC)

Instruct

ional

h/week

Credit ESE

durat

ion

(h)

CE

(%)

ESE

(%)

Sem

ester Paper Code Title of paper

1. AUFR111.4 Business French-I 4 3 3 20 80

2. AUFR211.4 Business French-II 4 3 3 20 80

TOTAL CREDITS: 6

FRENCH for BVOC

Instructional

h/week

Credit ESE

duration

(h)

CE

(%)

ESE

(%)


1. AUFR111.5 French for

Communication-I

5 3 20 80

2. AUFR211.5 French for

Communication-I

5 3 20 80

TOTAL CREDITS:

II. QUESTION PAPER PATTERN

For all semesters

Question Type Total

number of

Questions

Number of

Question

to be

answered

Marks for

each

Questions

Total

Marks

Very short answer type(One word

to Maximum of 2 sentences)

10 10 1 10

Short answer(Not to exceed one

paragraph)

12 8 2 16

Short essay(Not to exceed 120

words)

9 6 4 24

Long essay 4

2 15 30

Total 35

26 80

AUFR111.1/AUFR111.2: Communication Skills in French

(Addl Language for BA/B.Sc I Semester)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester: 72 No of Lecture Hours/Week:4

Max Marks:80 Credits:4

Course Outcomes.

CO1: To introduce a modern Foreign Language to the students

CO2: To develop the basic communication skills in French

CO3: To be able to write simple direct sentences in French

CO4: To be able to send sms/ short e mails in French

CO5: Introducing a foreign culture through the French Language

Module I: Découverte de la Langue

(Discovering the Language) Teaching Hours:20

- Introduction of the signs and symbols in the French

Language: Accents, Cedilla, Vowels etc.

- Familiarizing with the French language: the sounds and

liaisons, gender, definite and indefinite articles

- Greet someone,

- Introduce one self, a friend.

- Names of Countries and Adjectives of Nationality

- Counting from 1 to 50

- Usage of Tu and vous ?

- French Sur Names and First Names

- Some French Personalities from various fields

Module II: La Langue et la culture

(Language and Culture)

Teaching Hours:20

- Communication in Class

- Asking information and giving personal details

- Introduction and conjugation of basic verbs

- Negation

- Possessive adjectives

- Days of the Week, Months of the Year

- Writing one’s profile.

- Familiarising with the different types of greetings and the cultural differences

- Regular verbs

- Visiting Cards

- Numbers 51 to 100, 1000, Telephone numbers, Date of Birth

Module III: La Grammaire de la Communication

Teaching Hours:20

- Asking/Giving information politely

- Making enquiries

- Speaking about passions and dreams

- Expressing likes, dislikes, tastes

- Irregular verbs: aller, venir, faire, voir, vouloir, pouvoir, devoir

- Preposition before countries

- Interrogative adjectives

- Formalities in enrolling, filling up an enrolment form.

Module IV: La Francophonie Teaching Hours:12

- French Channels

- Monuments in and around France

- Geography and Map of France: Francophone countries in Europe, neighbouring countries

of France etc.

- Festivals and events in France

- Symbols of France

Prescribed Text Book

1. Alter Ego + (Dossier 0, 1) (Pages 1-42)

Topics for assignments

1. Faites une liste des mots français qui existent en Anglais..

2. Créez les situations pour montrer les relations formelle et informelle

3. Faites votre profil

4. Faites une formulaire d’inscription

5. Faites une carte de France et marquez les villes importantes que vous connaissez.

6. Faites une invitation à votre ami (un marriage/un anniversaire/ passer le weekend/voir un film

7. Acceptez/ Refusez l’invitation

AUFR211.1/AUFR211.2: Translation and Communication in French

(Addl Language for BA/B.Sc I I Semester)

Total Teaching Hours for Semester:72 No of Lecture

Hours/Week:4


Course Outcomes

CO1: To be able to translate short sentences from French to English and vice-versa

CO2: To be able to do interpretation of small conversations

CO3: To be able to locate and be familiar with the French Cities

CO4: To be able to do correspondences in French

CO5: To be able to understand the basic rules and theories of Translation.

Module I: Faire découvrir une ville

(Discovering a city) Teaching Hours:20

- Presenting a city and its important monuments

- Locating the city and its popular places on a map

- Common prepositions

- Administrative divisions of île de la France

- Use of definite and indefinite articles to name the

locations in a city

- Familiarizing with the main/essential elements and

parts of a city and comparing with a city in one’s

own country

- Listening and identifying familiar words from a

native conversation in the CD

Module II: Communication sur l’hebergement

(communication in connection with lodging) Teaching Hours:20

- Different types of lodging

- Filling Fiche de Reservation

- Problems of communication

- Locating and reaching a destination using a map

- Creation of a simple itinerary

- Verbs and indications of direction

Module III: Les Activités de vacances

(vacation activities) Teaching Hours:20

- Writing a post card

- Giving impressions about a place

- The important factors about a place visited: climate, activities, monuments

- Prepositions for indicating the country from where arriving.

- Postal code and departments

- Paris: Past and Present

- Demonstrative adjectives

Module IV: Les Goûts et les Activités

(Interests and Activities) Teaching Hours:12

- Professions: masculine and feminine:

- To talk about one’s profession, tastes, activities and passion

- Sportive and cultural activities

- Using the verbs aimer, adorer, faire


Alter Ego + (Dossier 2-3. 1) (Pages 44-65)

Topics for Assignments

1. Faites une comparaison de votre ville d’hier à aujourd’hui..

2. Faites le plan de votre ville avec les lieux importants

3. Ecrivez une carte postale à votre ami(e)

4. Faites le plan de Paris avec les monuments importants

5. Faites une fiche pour le casting.

AUFR311.1/AUFR311.2: French Literature and Interpretation

(Addl Language for BA/B.Sc III Semester)


Hours/Week:5


Course Outcomes

The students will

CO1: be able to compare and contrast cultural practices as they relate to French and

Indian culture

CO2: state their opinions through writing and provide some support for their ideas.

CO3: understand the detailed aspects of familiar texts.

CO4: communicate in the target language in the four basic communicative skills at the

intermediate-low level.

CO5: identify skills and strengths that they will continue to polish for their experiences

in professional work or graduate studies.

Module I Caractériser une personne:Parler de soi Teaching Hours:20

- Modern trends and ways of meeting people

- Differences of tastes and interests of men and women

- Expression of one’s own and others qualities

- Feminine of adjectives

- Toniques

- Different types of personal advertisements.

Module II Family and events Teaching Hours:20

- Relations in the family: vocabulary

- Communicating various events in the family

- Knowing oneself: parts of the body

- Leisure time and activities

Module III Habits and Daily Routine Teaching Hours:20

- Expressing the time in the formal and informal way

- To talk about habits and the influence of the multimedia

- Pronominal Verbs

- Passé Composé

- Communication through sms and e mail

- Narrating Past events

Module IV Poetry Teaching Hours:20

- Introduction to the French Poems and Poets

- Translating and Analysing the poems


Alter Ego + (Dossier 3.2-4 (Pages 46-96)

Poems:

1. Le Pont Mirabeau – Guillaume Appollinaire

2. Déjeuner du matin – Jacques Prévert

3. Pour faire le portrait d’un oiseau – Jacques Prévert

4. Le Pélican – Robert Desnos

5. Noel – Théophile Gautier

6. Chanson d’automne – Paul Verlaine


1. Faites le resumé de tous les poems

2. Vous participez à un speed dating. Vous avez 3 minutes pour faire connaissance

avec chaque personne. Ecrivez les conversations.

3. Ecrivez sur un roman que vous aimez.

4. Dessinez votre arbre généalogique et présentez votre famille.

5. Ecrivez une invitation à une amie pour venir chez vous pour votre anniversaire.

AUFR411.1/AUFR411.2 – FRENCH CULTURE AND CIVILISATION

(Addl Language for BA/B.Sc IV Semester)


Hours/Week:5


Course Outcomes

Students will be able to:

CO1: compare and contrast cultural practices as they relate to French and Indian

culture

CO2: state their opinions through writing and provide some support for their ideas.

CO3: understand the detailed aspects of familiar texts.

CO4: communicate in the target language in the four basic communicative skills at the

intermediate-low level.

CO5: identify skills and strengths that they will continue to polish for their experiences

in professional work or graduate studies.

Module I La Tradition des Fêtes Teaching Hours:20

- Les fêtes françaises

- Réseaux sociaux

- Guides et forums de voyage

- Les monstres sacrés de la chanson française

- Les adjectifs interrogative

- Le passé compose des verbes pronominaux.

Module II Les fêtes et rituels en Inde Teaching Hours:20

Module III Au fil des saisons Teaching Hours:20

- Parler du climat

- Parler des sensations et des perceptions

- Exprimer des sentiments et des emotions

- Dire le temps qu’il fait

- Situer un lieu

- Les points cardinaux

Module IV La Francophonie Teaching Hours:20

- Les pays francophones

- La France des trois oceans: DOM et TOM

- Les voyages

- La découverte des villes francophones

- Le pronom ON

- Le present continu

- Le futur


Alter Ego + (Dossier 5-6 (Pages 98-134)


1. Interviewez votre voisin sur sa saison préférée et les sensations correspondantes

2. Decrivez votre visite à une ville francophone

3. Vous travaillez dans une agence de voyages. Expliquez à une touriste sur les activités

qu’on peut faire dans un pays francophone.

AUFR111.3 FRENCH FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES-I

Addl Language for I Semester B.Com


Hours/Week:4


Course Outcomes

Learners will be able to

CO 1 understand the basic elements French grammar.

CO2 communicate through writing on topics of everyday life in French.

CO3 read a variety of genres pertaining to the contemporary context

CO4 have an initial understanding of French in LSRW.

CO5 have an insight to the French culture and civilisation.

Module I Découverte de la Langue Teaching Hours:12

- Introduction of the signs and symbols in the French Language: Accents, Cedilla,

Vowels etc.

- Familiarizing with the French language: the sounds and liaisons, gender, definite and

indefinite articles

- Greet someone,


- Numbers 0 to 69

Module II Premiers Contacts Teaching Hours:20

- Identify objects

- Using Tu and Vous

- Adjectives of Nationality

- Verbs and conjugations

- Expressions of politeness

- Professions and activities

- Numbers 70 to 100

Module III Les Objets Utiles Teaching Hours:20

- Objets de bureaux

- Ecrire, répondre au mail

- Les prepositions

- Les adjectifs possessifs

- Répondez aux questions

Module IV Le Bureau Teaching Hours:20

- Meubles et fournitures de bureau

- Décrire les bureaux

- Espace de travail

- Questions; negative, réponse avec si

- Accord des adjectifs

- Comparatifs et superlatifs

- Ponom toniques, ON


Français.com (Niveau debutant) (Dossier 1-2(Pages 10-40)


a. Faites une liste des mots français qui existent en Anglais..

b. Faites une liste des mêmes mots qui existent en français et en Anglais

c. Faites votre CV

d. Faites une carte de France et marquez les villes importantes que vous connaissez.

e. Ecrivez une conversation dans un magasin

AUFR211.3 FRENCH FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES-II

Addl Language for II Semester B.Com


Hours/Week:4


Course Outcomes


CO 1 narrate a simple event .

CO2 show an emerging ability to understand day-to-day discourse.

CO3 understand the main idea and some detailed aspects of complex or unfamiliar texts.

CO4 possess basic reading and speaking skills

CO5 correspond day to day communications in an office.

Module I L’heure et la date Teaching Hours:18

- L’heure officielle et l’heure courante

- Demander et donner l’heure

- Raconter sa journée

- Parler des habitudes au travail et les loisirs

- Adjectifs demonstratifs

- Verbes pronominaux

- Étapes d’une journée de travail

Module II Les mois et les saisons Teaching Hours:18

- Le temps qu’il fait

- Presenter du climat

- Indiquer la date

- Fixer un rendez-vous

- Ecrire/repondre à un mail

- La culture de la ponctualité

Module III Le voyage et le logement Teaching Hours:18

- Reserver une chambre à l’hôtel

- Les situations à la reception de l’hôtel

- Faire et expliquer un itinéraire

- Déplacements professionnels

- imperatif

- adjectif ‘tout’

Module IV La civilisation Teaching Hours:18

- conseils au voyageur

- obligations et interdictions

- voyager par le train en France

- la culture de la pourboire

- les verbes pouvoir et devoir

Prescribed Text Book: Français.com (Niveau debutant) (Dossier 3-4(Pages 41-72)

Topics for Assignment:

1. Ecrivez sure une ville que vous aimez

2. Donnez les indications pour comment arriver à votre maison de l’arrêt de

l’autobus.

3. Vous êtes la receptioniste d’un hotel. Ecrivez la conversation avec une cliente qui

veut avoir une chambre.

AUFR111.4 BUSINESS FRENCH -I

Addl Language for I Semester Career Related Courses


Hours/Week:5


Course Outcomes


CO1: Write simple and coherent texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest

to them;

CO2: Provide information, ask questions about a problem

CO3: Write personal notes / letters - to request or transmit information of immediate

interest and to understand the points that he / she considers important.

CO4: Know the grammatical, lexical and stylistic specificities of the French language.

CO5: Know the different language levels, language registers.



Vowels etc.


indefinite articles

- Greet someone,


- Numbers 0 to 69

Module II Au Travail Teaching Hours:25

- -To express likes and dislikes, To express one’s opinion. -Enrolling oneself in social

clubs, Filling of forms. -Contracted articles, definite and indefinite articles, er-verbs ,

negation, numbers 70-100, to tell the date, age. -Festivals and cities of France,

different places of a town

Module III On se détend Teaching Hours:20

- Irregular verbs (faire, aller, venir, vouloir, pouvoir, devoir)

- Near Future

- Pronouns (Moi, toi, lui, elle, ON)

- Leisure activities and talk about them

- Propose, accept invitations, reply

- Express the possibility, the impossibility and the probability

- Invitation cards

- Some Places in France and the activities.

Module IV Raconter les évènements Teaching Hours:20

- Narrate: moments of the day, year, events connected with time.

- Asking, giving details about activities at different times during the day

- Writing a personal diary

- Felicitate

- Famous personalities in the francophone world

- Past Tense, differentiation of the present and the past


Echo (Niveau debutant) Unité 1 (lessons 0 to 4)


a. Ecrivez la conversation pour les situations suivantes : i. Un nouvel

étudiant arrive dans la classe ii. Une française demande son chemin

dans votre ville

b. Imaginez un club de loisirs et proposez des activités.

c. Réalisez une affiche pour ce club

d. Rédigez une présentation de votre pays

AUFR211.4 BUSINESS FRENCH -II

Addl Language for II Semester Career Related Courses


Hours/Week:5


Course Outcomes


CO 1 narrate a simple event.

CO2 converse in French in a day to day situation like in a restaurant or hotel.

CO3 acquire the knowledge of understanding the expressions and vocabulary related to

finding directions and moving around in a French speaking country.

CO4 possess basic reading and speaking skills to use the different medias of communication.

CO5 correspond day to day communications in an office.

Module I Bon voyage. Teaching Hours:20

- Transports in France

- Situations and main factors associated with traveling

- Comparing, negotiating, giving, asking explanations.

- Adjectifs possessifs

- Adjectifs demonstratifs

- Verbes pronominaux

- Advantages and disadvantages of an activity

Module II Bon Appetit Teaching Hours:20

- The food, meals, festivals

- Situations in a restaurant or hotel

- Food habits of the French

- Using internet for presenting oneself and meeting people

- Articles partitif

- Oui and Si. Form possessif à + moi, toi etc

Module III Les activités quotidiennes Teaching Hours:20

- Conjugation of Pronominal verbs

- Imperative

- Expressions of quantity

- Daily activities

- Choosing, buying things

- Activities in France

- Creating documents of information

- Getting information

Module IV La vie en France Teaching Hours:20

- The accommodation, the location, direction, the climate

- Get information about direction

- Expressing prohibition

- Writing letter, post-card.

- Prepositions and adverbs of place

- verbs


Echo (Niveau debutant) Unité 2 (lessons 5 to 8)


a. Présentez votre logement idéal

b. Dessinez l’itinéraire pour aller de la gare chez vous.

c. Ecrivez une carte postale de vos vacances

d. La découverte de la Belgique

e. Choisissez une un lieu que vous aimez et décrivez-le

AUFR511 COMMUNICATIVE APPLICATIONS OF FRENCH

OPEN COURSE for V Semester


Hours/Week:3


Course Outcomes


CO 1 use the French language effectively in the day to day situations.

CO2 acquire knowledge about the history and civilisation of France.

CO3 develop the skill to interact with native speakers of the French language.

CO4 acquire geographical knowledge of France and Francophone countries.

CO5 have the familiarity of the monuments and its history.

Module I Francophone Countries and Colonies

Spread of French Language

Teaching Hours:15

Literary Phases: Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Literary Movements

Historic Phases: Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Phases

Module II Art and Culture Teaching Hours:15

- Monuments

- Architecture

- Paintings

- Culture,

- Cuisine, Cinema

- Television

- French Etiquettes.

Module III Translation and Interpretation Teaching Hours:20

- Theories of Translation

- Problems of Translation: day to day situations

- Role of culture in translation and interpretation

- Problems of on line translations

- Professional Translation

Module IV Practical Sessions: Teaching Hours:20

- Film Review

- Book Review

- Interaction with Native Speakers.


La France: L’histoire et la civilisation

AUTH173 FRENCH FOR COMMUNICATION I

BVOC


Hours/Week:5

Max Marks:80 Credits:

Course Outcomes


CO 1 have an introduction to a foreign language and culture

CO2 converse in French in a day to day situation like in a restaurant or hotel.

CO3 introduce themselves and express basic communication in French

CO4 read and understand a simple text and information in french

CO5 reply and correspond day to day communications



Vowels etc.


indefinite articles

- Greet someone,


- Numbers 0 to 69

Module II Comprendre et s’exprimer Teaching Hours:20

- Meeting people

- Asking information/something, replying

- Buying something in a shop

- Inviting, replying to an invitation

- Talk about tastes and preferences

- Conjugation of regular verbs in present

Module III Les activités de loisir Teaching Hours:20

- Irregular verbs

- Toniques

- Interrogation

- Drafting a letter of invitation, accepting, refusing

- Shows of Paris

- French cinema

Module IV La vie quotidienne Teaching Hours:20

- Past tense

- Narrating situations of the past

- Daily routine

- Find information in a touristic document

- Make a CV

- Introduction to important cities in France


Panorama I (lessons 1 to 4)


f. Présentez votre ville

g. Dessinez l’itinéraire pour aller de la gare chez vous.

h. Ecrivez une carte postale de vos vacances

i. Faites une invitation pour votre anniversaire

j. Ecris une lettre de refus

AUTH273 FRENCH FOR COMMUNICATION II

BVOC


Hours/Week:5


Course Outcomes


CO 1 have an introduction to a foreign culture and hence can easily interact with

foreigners

CO2 understand and express themselves in French

CO3 provide itineraries to different destinations in France

CO4 read and understand well French used in different situations

CO5 draft invitations, requests and reply in French

Module I S’orienter Teaching Hours:20

- Expressing agreement and disaccord

- Finding locations, giving directions

- Possession

- Family

- Cinema

- publicity

- Paintings

- Demonstrative and possessive adjectives

Module II La Vie Quotidienne Teaching Hours:20

- Daily routine

- Activities of the day

- Festivals and celebrations

- Fixing an appointment

- Expressing opinion

- Drafting an invitation/greeting Card

Module III Raconter Les evenements Teaching Hours:20

- Passé compose

- Narrating events in the past

- Describing changes

- Adventures

- Explorations

- Translations

Module IV Le Repas Teaching Hours:20

- Partitif Articles

- Expressions of quantity

- Food and meals

- The French and the food habits

- Situations in a restaurant

- Menu, Recipe


Panorama I (lessons 5 to 8)


k. Présentez votre logement idéal

l. Dessinez l’itinéraire pour aller de la gare chez vous.

m. Ecrivez une carte postale de vos vacances

n. La découverte de la Belgique

o. Choisissez une un lieu que vous aimez et décrivez-le

APTT243 FRENCH (FOR MTTM)


Hours/Week:6


Course Outcomes


CO 1 have an introduction to a foreign language and culture

CO2 understand and provide basic information to a French speaking Tourist

CO3 acquire knowledge of vocabulary and expressions for tourism related

communications

CO4 read and understand a simple text and information in french

CO5 reply and correspond day to day communications



Vowels etc.


indefinite articles

- Greet someone,


- Numbers 0 to 69

Module II Comprendre la situation Teaching Hours:20

- Meeting people

- Touristic places in the city

- Asking questions

- Replying to questions

- Conjugation of verbs

- Interrogation

- negations

Module III Raconter Teaching Hours:20

- irregular verbs

- pronouns moi, toi, lui, elle

- future proche

- passé compose

- differentiating present and past

- date and time

- Advertising for tourism

- Drafting a message, letter of invitation, replying

- Important personalities of the francophone world

Module IV Le voyage et le repas Teaching Hours:20

- Comparative, demonstrative adjectives, partitive articles, possessive adjectives

- Travel

- Sports

- The food and food habits of the French

- Situations in a restaurant

- Menu

- Transport system in France

- Activities in a travel agency

- Creating an advertisementy


Echo Junior (lessons 1 to 6)


1. Présentez une ville touristique

2. Dessinez l’itinéraire pour un voyage

3. Ecrivez une carte postale de vos vacances

4. Faites un menu de votre pays

5. Choisissez un lieu que vous aimez et décrivez-le

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